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Below is the story originally posted on May 3, 2019:
Hours afterwalking the red carpetwith wifeCardi Bat the2019 Billboard Music Awards, Offset now reportedly has a warrant out for his arrest in the state of Georgia.
The 18-year-old man, identified as Richard Andrew “Junior” Gibbons, had apparently taken his phone out to take a video with Offset — a move that didn’t sit well with the 27-year-old emcee.Gibbons later told TMZthat Offset told him to “get that f–in’ phone out of my face.”
Sandy Springs police declined PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Offset appeared to respond to the newsvia Twitter, tweeting, “HARDEST THING I EVER DONE WAS BEING A BLACK MEN (TARGET) AND A RAPPER (TARGET) s— is crazy !!!” before quickly deleting the note.
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This is far from Offset’s first brush with the law. Last week he was reportedly charged with gun and drug possession following hisJuly 2018 arrest.
In July, Offset (né Kiari Kendrell Cephus) — who has a prior felony conviction — had been pulled over for his tinted windows when Georgia police officers allegedly discovered a gun inside of his vehicle, according toTMZ.
The arrest came just10 days after Offset and Cardi welcomed their first child together, daughterKulture Kiari. Offset also has three children from previous relationships: sons Jordan and Kody and daughter Kalea Marie.
Cardi B, Offset and Kulture.Cardi B/Instagram
source: people.com
